Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-07

Geo. w. DeHaven's show is
billed to exhibit at McMinnville on
the 18th inst.
For anything you want in the
way of Canned Fruits and Vegeta-
bles go to ID. O. Jenkins.
Salmon Mitchell, who has been
employed in the New Era Office for
several years, left last Saturday after
noon for Chattanooga, to take posi-
ton in the Commercial Office of that
city.
1t is reported that another sur
veying party for the Midland rail-
road are now at work in Cannon
county, little south of Woodbury.,
and are heading direct for McMinn-
vile.
Rev. r. NJ. Mcconnell and wife
left on Tuesday afternoon for Jack
sonville Florida. We hope they may
both SOW and reap abundant harvests
of usefulness and happiness in their
new home.
-Messers. VIM. Biles and Frank
Spurlock left this friday morning
with several ladies, teachers at G. F.
College, on pleasure jaunt to Beer
sheba Springs. They expect to re-
turn Saturday night.
"A game of base ball will be
played between the McMinnville and
Smithville teams this Saturday
evening, at this place. The game
will be called at 1:3O o'clock, on the
old circus ground, north part of town.
Owing to the failure of the De-
Haven show people to secure the
privilege of putting up bill boards
around the park, they could not
make as good display of their adj
vertising matter as they otherwise
would have done.
On Thursday night May the Goth,
the ladies of the C. p. church will
: give an ice cream and strawberry
festival in the park, for the benefit of
the parsonagefund. EVERYBODY and his
family are invited and expected to
be there.
In accordance with an action of
the session, the members of the
Presbyterian church are requested to
} meet'at their church Sunday morn
2 ing at the regular hour for services,
l to consider the question of supplying
the pulpit. There will probably be
some devotional exercises also.
, Misses Halle and Jessie Coffee,
5 Misses Ann Black and Bette Smith
son left on Wednesday morning for
Washington city to visit their uncle,
Mr.. p. H. Coffee, for a month. They
will also visit New York, Saratoga,
Niagara Falls and other places on the
, trip.
There was rather slim audience
in attendance upon the Band concert
last Friday night. Considering the
object for which the entertainment
y was given, the house ought to have
been filled. Empty benches do moi
inspire performers with much enthu
siam.
-Messrs. W. A. Rutherford, VIM
Biles and Jas. M. Motif went t
o Nashville last Tuesday morning t
look after various lines of business
Ii This being race week in Nashvill,
y they of course went out to see thu
;, flyers, and enjoyed the sport in {
u pious way. They returned HON,
Thursday.
= -Messrs. Gillespie and Riggs, tw,
I of the pleasant and genial member
of the feather renovating company
10 came in from Viola and spent tn
day Sunday. Mr.. Riggs is some
er what troubled at times with hear
q disease, and he finds that the sui
"a phur water at Faulkner's springs ha
l. a remarkably beneficent effect upol
g him.
We favor encouraging and pat
4 ronizing home industry under all Gil
ID cumstances, but especially so whe
IS any particular home industry pre-
st duces a more meritorious articl
De than can be had abroad. This is jus
what Mr.. d. F. Valentine is doin
a. now in the manufacture of brooms 9
is McMinnville. We have tested hi
is brooms along with the " brought on
I'd article, and know that his is far 81
/. perior. He put up one for us TIL
week which is not only the best br
- the handsomest broom we ever sa'
10 anywhere. His new workman tho